14. Word Processing and Printing
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Even if you don’t think you will be doing any word processing, you may be surprised at how knowledge of editing text in TextEdit can be useful. The same techniques can be used in writing email in Mail, for instance.
If you use word processing as part of your work, or you like to write as a hobby, you may want to consider getting one of the professional word processing programs reviewed in this chapter.
The first “killer app” on personal computers was word processing. Imagine the days when documents were produced on a typewriter, where you couldn’t review, edit, save, or reprint!
Word processing remains one of the most important pieces of software, even though it is taken ...
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